The dealers do not have crystal balls.
After reading some of these posts, I find it amazing that people expect the dealers to know what they are going to haul. The car dealer looked at my F-150 E-boost 4x4 and said the spec. sheet say...
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When I was looking for a TT I went to an RV show and asked what I had to do to my F-150 to tow a fifth wheel. Two separate dealers told me I would need an F-250.
When I was shopping for a 25 ft. TT, the salesman said there was no way we could pull it with our mini-van; he was pleased that we had an E-Boost F-150.
Yet the fact remains that if I look at the specs for my F-150, they say I can tow 9000 lbs. or so; therefore a 7000 lbs. TT seemed okay. Even the 900 lb. tongue weight did not seem all that bad. I was not until I realized that I have a DW, dog, truck cap, tools and camping stiff plus the tongue weight of another 1000 lbs. of TT goodies to account for, that I realized even a 5000 lb. dry weight TT was going to put me at or a bit over my max cargo and axle limit.
I think it is easy to understand how a new comer can get lost in the enthusiasm of buying a new TT.
When I was shopping for a 25 ft. TT, the salesman said there was no way we could pull it with our mini-van; he was pleased that we had an E-Boost F-150.
Yet the fact remains that if I look at the specs for my F-150, they say I can tow 9000 lbs. or so; therefore a 7000 lbs. TT seemed okay. Even the 900 lb. tongue weight did not seem all that bad. I was not until I realized that I have a DW, dog, truck cap, tools and camping stiff plus the tongue weight of another 1000 lbs. of TT goodies to account for, that I realized even a 5000 lb. dry weight TT was going to put me at or a bit over my max cargo and axle limit.
I think it is easy to understand how a new comer can get lost in the enthusiasm of buying a new TT.
